Metagenomics and its application in rumen ecosystem: Potential biotechnological prospects

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1309-1315

  Ghazanfar, Shakira ^a,b   Azim, Atiya ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b National University of Agricultural Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Metagenomics; Rumen ecosystem

Indexed keywords

DNA; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL FOOD; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA LIBRARY; FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIVESTOCK; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METAGENOMICS; METHANOGEN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA RUMINICOLA; REVIEW; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 69949092824     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2009.1309.1315     Document Type: Review

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